Livre de melanges de C. le Jeune. Sexta pars
Sexta pars of Claude Le Jeune's Livre de mélanges, a 1585 Antwerp music book printed by Christophe Plantin for singers and musicians, containing polyphonic chansons and psalm settings in movable-type music notation. Each page pairs a decorative woodcut initial or cartouche with staves of black mensural notation and French or Latin text beneath, so a designer might borrow the ornamented letter frames and the dense, rhythmic layout of staff lines, notes and lyrics.
